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Poster for the movie "Better Off Dead..."

Better Off Dead... (1985)

PG-13 97 min - Comedy, Romance - 23 August 1985
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High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.

Director:  Savage Steve Holland
Writers:  Savage Steve Holland
Stars:  John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade, Amanda Wyss, Diane Franklin, Scooter Stevens, Curtis Armstrong, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Laura Waterbury, Dan Schneider, Chuck Mitchell, Aaron Dozier, Frank Burt Avalon, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Elizabeth Daily, Joe W. Davis, Peter Ellenstein, Edward Mehler, Thomas Rollerson, Toby Iland, Jonathan Charles Fox, Darren Harris, Randy Stoklos, Sam High, David Vaughn, Tina Littlewood, Steven Williams, Stuart K. Robinson, Rima Lyn, Yano Anaya, Joey Tushnet, Sebastian Dungan, Rick Rosenthal

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High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.

Collections: Savage Steve Holland
Tagline: Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
Genres: Comedy, Romance

Details

Official Website:  —
Country:   United States of America
Language:  English, Hungarian
Release Date:  23 August 1985

Box Office

Revenue:  $10,297,601

Company Credits

Production Companies:  A&M Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, CBS Theatrical Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 37 min
Poster for the movie "The Jewel of the Nile"

The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

PG 106 min - Adventure, Action, Comedy, Romance - 1 August 1985
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Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

Director:  Lewis Teague
Stars:  Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Holland Taylor, Spiros Focás, Avner Eisenberg, Paul David Magid, Howard Jay Patterson, Randall Edwin Nelson, Samuel Ross Williams, Timothy Daniel Furst, Hamid Fillali, Guy Cuevas, Peter DePalma, Mark Daly Richards, Omero Capanna, Hamid Ait Timaghrit, Carlo Martini, Abdullatif Hilal, Ben Abadi Mohammed Fillali, Kachela Mohammed, Baji Abdelmajid, Ziraoui Mustapha, Patricia Davidson, Flora Alberti, Ted Buffington, Zaouia Abdelmajid, Akasby Mohamed, Makoula Ahmed, Alaoui Hassen, Benyahim Ahed, Daniel Peacock, Hyacinthe N'Iaye, Sadeke Colobanane

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Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

Collections: Lewis Teague
Tagline: They're back again...and romancing a brand new stone.
Genres: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Romance

Details

Official Website:  —
Country:   United States of America
Language:  Arabic, English
Release Date:  1 August 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $25,000,000
Revenue:  $96,800,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  SLM Production Group, Stone Group Pictures, 20th Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 46 min
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